I hope everyone had a great time trick-or-treating and enjoyed the "extra hour" of sleep we gained last night. Thank you for all the donations that came in this week! The children enjoyed their Halloween celebration thanks to your generosity.
Social Studies: We continued our safety unit of study by having a visit from Officer Mike. He talked with the kindergarten students about trick-or-treat safety, showed them all the parts of his uniform and took them out to his police vehicle to check it out.
Readers' Workshop: This week, we focused on sounding like a teacher when we read our learn-about-the-world (non-fiction) books. These books have something to teach us so, when we read them, we want to sound like we know things (like an expert would). We moved on to familiar storybooks during reading time. Readers are using the pictures and their knowledge of stories to read old favorites. They know how to look at the pictures, remember the story, and read!
Writers' Workshop: We celebrated our first published writing piece with the otter class this week. The children read their writing pieces to their friends next door. They were so proud of their work and excited to share it with peers. Now we are working on storytelling. Writers get ideas from storytelling. We have been practicing this since September during morning meeting share time. The children have been talking about story ideas with partners and planning the stories across pages. The students are writing in booklets for this unit.
Math Workshop: The children have been graphing and recording this week. They also used ten frames to explore number pairs that add to 10 (K.OA.4).
Visual Arts: We painted ghosts, made bead bracelets and corn creatures. We played with playdough using Halloween cookie cutters and made place mats for you to enjoy at home.
Some Books We Read: Huggles Can Juggle, There Was An Old Witch, There Was An Old Monster
Up-Coming Events:
- Early Releases- 11/5 & 11/18 *Parent Teacher Conferences
- No School- 11/6 *Teacher Workshop
- No School- 11/11 *Veterans' Day
- Thanksgiving Break- 11/25-11/27
- Word of the Week-so
- Phonics- m and n
- Handwriting-V and W
Kristen
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